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Advancing Mobile Phones as Learning Devices

A Principal's Reflections

I cannot begin to explain all of the battles with students and parents that my administrative team and I had to deal with because of the established policy. The knowledge that I have acquired from my Personal Learning Network (PLN) provided me with the ideas and strategies to utilize student cell phones as mobile learning devices.

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New Year, New Adventures

A Principal's Reflections

Expansion of Mobile Learning Devices: Since I played a prominent role in our current cell phone banning policy isn''t it ironic that I am now the one trying to develop innovative ways to integrate them into instruction? Initially I would like to see some pilot classes begin to use Poll Everywhere to increase student engagement.

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Testing Giving You The Blues? Get Creative with EdTech Formative Assessments

MSEDTechie

Our students now in elementary school have never had a time in their lives where mobile technology wasn't present. Even though in recent news we have heard some changes introduced by President Obama, on the No Child Left Behind policies. Students can use computers, laptops and mobile devices such as tablets and cell phones.

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Has Your School Reached an Edtech Plateau? Here’s the Key to Moving the Needle

Edsurge

For example, create a live word cloud with AnswerGarden or Poll Everywhere in response to a school-wide question to help focus the discussion. Always follow the district social media policies, but consider starting a department or team Instagram account.

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Distraction 2 Reaction: BYOT (BYOD) Success!

EdTechSandyK

Mobile devices are predicted by 2011 Horizon report to be in mainstream in one year or less. Research shows 60% of low-income students carry a mobile device of some sort. Look for awesome infographic in the Prezi (linked at the top of this post) about how people use their mobile devices based on age range. have a mobile phone.

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